Sempra Energy Declares Common Dividend

SAN DIEGO, CA--(Marketwire - December 18, 2009) - The board of directors of Sempra Energy (NYSE: SRE) today
declared a quarterly dividend of 39 cents per share of common stock. The
current dividend is payable Jan. 15, 2010, to shareholders of record on
Dec. 30, 2009.

Sempra Energy, based in San Diego, is a Fortune 500 energy services holding
company with 2008 revenues of nearly $11 billion. The Sempra Energy
companies' 13,600 employees serve about 29 million consumers worldwide.

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